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Roaring Brook is a short but spectacular waterway traveling from its headwaters in the highlands of East Haddam to Whalebone Cove along the Connecticut River in Hadlyme. And a visit to the East Haddam Land Trust's 96-acre Sheepskin Hollow showcases that watershed, with its numerous streams and...

Not everyone is brave enough to put a canoe or kayak on top of the car just as March has turned to April and enter a race in water barely above the 40 degree mark. But it can be a lot of fun watching the experts and novices try to tackle a 7-mile stretch of the Hockanum River as it travels from...

Valley Falls in Vernon is picturesque and a must-visit in Eastern Connecticut. The 183-acre park, created in 1964, is loaded with trails that pass through ruins of textile mills and an old trout breeding farm. There are plenty of trails to choose from including ones that are challenging and ones...

Maybe the closest thing to a northeastern version of the Fountain of Youth is Neipsic Springs, which attracted Native American Indians from miles around and a soap manufacturer to the hills of what is now Glastonbury. Unlike Juan Ponce de Leon's search for the mythical fountain that was said to...

Traveling along the banks of Columbia Lake Brook within the Utley Hill Preserve goes something like this: dam, mill foundation, dam, sluiceway, dam, foundation. And while the historical value of the 118-acre preserve is astounding, the natural beauty of the area is equally breathtaking. And the...

Col. Clarence S. Wadsworth knew the beauty of the Coginchaug River as it spilled over a thirty-foot-high waterfall. He knew the splendor of the thick groves of mountain laurel in the hillsides and the deep hemlock forests that surrounded the Coginchaug River. And he spent his life making sure it...

There's a lot of good news/bad news history at Gay City State Park. Before it was a state park, it was a fledgling community. There was once a successful woolen mill there, but the blockades during the War of 1812 caused it to close. After the war, the mill was revitalized, but then burned to the...

Sure it's not Dudleytown, an allegedly haunted abandoned village located in the hills of northwestern Connecticut. But if you are looking for a nature trail that passes cellar holes, an old fieldstone house foundation and a mysterious obelisk, Dunhamtown Forest in Mansfield might be the place for...

With the cool, frosty nights helping to zap the mosquito population, River Highlands State Park in Cromwell is the place to go for those seeking fall foliage or a scenic walk along the banks of the Connecticut River. The 172-acre state park is a wonderful place to explore especially when the leaves...

Those who visit a 121-acre swath of open space in Colchester will get a good sense of who the late Ruby and Elizabeth Cohen were and what they meant to this town. The Ruby and Elizabeth Cohen Woodlands on McDonald Road was purchased by the town in 2000. The parcel was owned by the late, longtime...